Getting better and better everytime. I'm curious, are you going to try and highlight the octopus a little more or keep it camouflaged?

i noticed that now it seems that most of the action is all at the bottom of the screen and the rows of cans etc seem like an opportunity wasted . It would be nice to see some part of that used for the story

@stringfellowart How about if there were other octopuses... Subtlety hiding or trying to hid behind the jars, or perhaps even blending in to them (some octopuses can change their colors to camouflage themselves).

As with the story, I'm curious as to why the octopus has ran away as she seems like quite a nice girl. The bowl looks a bit too small for him so maybe that's why or maybe he is just a shy octopus. It would be nice to see that explained if it's a stand alone piece.

@stringfellowart new version looks interesting :-) However I like the idea of @Gary-Wilkinson to add a few other Octopuses hiding in shelfs. I think it can really make it a great piece. Also you should probably make the aquarium bigger. Perhaps give her a trolly to tow it around while she is looking for Octopus?? just an idea ;-)

@gary-wilkinson Does this make more sense? I made the bowl and octopus ratio off at first, as its just a reoccurring theme in my illustrations. The idea being, a funny girl thought an octopus would fit in a fish bowl, and the mischievous octopus is escaping, as octopus do. I don't know, I still like the other version, for the simplicity.

@stringfellowart It wasn't so much that the picture didn't make sense, rather that it would have been nice to seen more of a story been told through a single image. I'm hope I'm not making you feel that you have to change the design of what you had in mind with your painting though, as it's your idea and I do like an escaping octopus theme :D I just felt that you have all of those awesome jars everywhere and they could be used to be an area where the octopus is hiding (or where other octopuses are hiding) to make the viewer also feel like the girl, "where did the octopus go?" in a where's Wally way if that makes sense. It would probably be a bigger payoff for the viewer to have interacted with the painting rather than having the octopus be the first thing you see. At least that is my feeling towards it :)

I do like the idea of the octopus being way too big for the bowl that she bought for it, which could be the reason it is escaping and the other drawing you made looks really funny so I wouldn't abandon that idea if you like it, maybe the bowl could have been even smaller to try express that theme.

It's looking great though and your artistic style has been well maintained, so it will be a great piece to put in your portfolio!